Addressing edaphic constraints to bean production: The Bean/Cowpea CRSP project in perspective

Field Crops Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 179-192

  Graham, P H ^a   Rosas, J C ^b   De Jensen, C Estevez ^a   Peralta, E ^c   Tlusty, B ^a   Acosta Gallegos, J ^d   Arraes Pereira, P A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ZAMORANO UNIVERSITY   (Honduras)

^c Instituto Nacional Autonomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^e EMBRAPA ARROZ E FEIJÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cultivar variation; Host rhizobium interaction; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation; Phaseolus vulgaris; Phosphorus; Soil acidity; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CULTIVATION; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

EDAPHIC CONSTRAINTS;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; LEGUME; SOIL NITROGEN;

ACIDITY; FARM CROPS; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0038348766     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00037-6     Document Type: Review

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